A Maldivian chronicler once recounted an anecdote of the late Prince Hassan Farid Didi who remarked back in the 1930’s that granting democracy to Maldivians is like giving a handkerchief to a monkey.
“The monkey doesn’t know what a handkerchief is used for and soon it will wipe its bottom with it” [Continue Reading]
[This piece was first published on Minivan News, 24 Jan 2012]
